• Games played on 60’ bases
• No big barrel bats allowed
• No leadoff
• Free substitution of players in and out of the game
• Continuous batting order – all players are in the batting order
• No head first slides, except back to the base the player occupies
• Must slide to avoid contact
• No 10 batter rule – the defense must get 3 outs
• There is a 10 run slaughter rule after 4 innings
• No Infield fly rule 
• Minimum of 8 players required to start a game
• Time limit: do not start another inning after 2 hours, no ties allowed
• If a player is injured and unable to continue, spot in batting order is skipped with no out assessed
• Defense plays a 4th outfielder; all outfielders must be at least 12’ behind base paths
• No stealing or advancing on a past ball is allowed
• No bunting is allowed
• Coaches must be in dugout or directly in front of dugout; no buckets or equipment outside of dugout

 
 

Pitching Rules:

• Machine Pitch will use spring loaded machine set on #8 setting, 46’ distance; host will provide machine.
• Batter gets 5 hittable pitches or 3 strikes; umpire calls “no pitch” for unhittable pitch; maximum 2 unhittable pitches per batter; player at pitcher position must have one foot outside of circle and be even with or behind machine
• If batted ball hits machine, dead ball; batter and any base runners get one base
• Coach Pitch: coach must pitch from directly in front of the pitcher’s rubber and throw a “flat” pitch – no lobs to the player’s bat; player at pitcher position must have one foot outside of circle and be even with or behind coach.
• Batter gets 5 hittable pitches or 3 strikes; umpire calls “no pitch” for unhittable pitch; maximum 2 unhittable pitches per batter.
• If batted ball hits Coach, dead ball; batter and any base runners get one base

 

  *NOTE: when MP and CP teams play each other, the machine is to be set up at 46’ and left on the field; CP pitcher should pitch from in front of the machine. This is so that time is not wasted resetting the machine between every inning. 

Any rules not covered above revert to the Cal Ripken Tournament rules for each age group. The CCBL Protest Committee will rule on any issues, protests, etc., and the decision of this committee will be final. The committee is comprised of the local Tournament Director, and the CCBL official, Al Dahlgren. Umpires judgement calls may not be protested.